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- Seanad: Seanad Bill 2013: Committee Stage (12 Nov 2014)
Paul Coghlan: I appreciate that, and I will have a lot to say.
- Seanad: Seanad Bill 2013: Committee Stage (12 Nov 2014)
Paul Coghlan: Part 5.
- Seanad: Seanad Bill 2013: Committee Stage (12 Nov 2014)
Paul Coghlan: I could not have said it better.
- Seanad: Seanad Bill 2013: Committee Stage (12 Nov 2014)
Paul Coghlan: I subscribe totally to what the Minister of State said. No disrespect to the proposers of the Bill, but as I tried to say earlier before I was rightly upbraided by the honourable gentleman in the Chair, none of us enjoys a monopoly of wisdom.
- Seanad: Seanad Bill 2013: Committee Stage (12 Nov 2014)
Paul Coghlan: It would be preferable if a committee of the entire House was advancing the Bill. There have been so many reports on the Seanad-----
- Seanad: Seanad Bill 2013: Committee Stage (12 Nov 2014)
Paul Coghlan: Yes and they all need to be taken into account. Sadly, as we have heard from the Minister of State, the Bill is fatally flawed. Section 2, for example, refer to a relevant amnesty, the consulates and so on. Would this not require another referendum? What would happen to an Irish citizen resident in an area where we did not have an embassy or a consulate? Would that person be...
- Seanad: Seanad Bill 2013: Committee Stage (12 Nov 2014)
Paul Coghlan: For God's sake, we can hardly get the electoral registers right at home, whether in Kerry North, Kerry South or Kerry united. With respect, I do not know how in blazes one could compile an electoral register for the diaspora, scattered as it is throughout the nations of the earth. Given that we do not have diplomatic representation in half the countries of the world, how would we account...
- Seanad: Order of Business (13 Nov 2014)
Paul Coghlan: I more than broadly agree with the various contributions of Senator Mooney on the junior cycle reform programme. Hopefully a desirable compromise will be achieved. I note what was said, it was interesting and I look forward to the Deputy Leader's response in regard to whether there is, or is likely to be, anything following that European Court of Justice ruling which was referred to. I very...
- Seanad: Order of Business (13 Nov 2014)
Paul Coghlan: ----- or so he was known. There will be nights in Killarney. There is the humanitarian award on Saturday night and a function also on Sunday. All are very welcome. I welcome the fact that it now looks likely, thanks be to God, that the Central Bank might ease the 20% deposit requirement for first-time purchasers. That is hugely important. A sum of 10% is enough. It is a huge strain on...
- Seanad: Order of Business (13 Nov 2014)
Paul Coghlan: Who is building the moat?
- Seanad: Order of Business (13 Nov 2014)
Paul Coghlan: It seems this House is all encompassing.
- Seanad: Order of Business (13 Nov 2014)
Paul Coghlan: I apologise
- Joint Oireachtas Committee on Finance, Public Expenditure and Reform: Overview of Banking Sector: AIB (13 Nov 2014)
Paul Coghlan: Thank you, Vice Chairman. Mr. Duffy and his colleagues are very welcome. In sharing time with Deputy O'Donnell, we might take a good cop, bad cop approach. I am the good cop, obviously. I congratulate the delegates on the huge improvement in AIB's position. When one considers what the situation was when they first appeared before the committee, the progress is astounding. I have every...
- Joint Oireachtas Committee on Finance, Public Expenditure and Reform: Overview of Banking Sector: AIB (13 Nov 2014)
Paul Coghlan: I am very confident the bank will beat €1 billion. I will now hand over to Deputy O'Donnell to ask all the hard questions.
- Seanad: Order of Business (18 Nov 2014)
Paul Coghlan: I agree with all of the Senators who said, in effect, that what happened over the weekend is clearly a threat to our democracy. Indeed, it might be more than just last weekend. There are small groups of people who are hijacking peaceful protests for their own purposes and sinister agendas. They have done it on several occasions, as we have seen. Clearly, they do not believe in democracy....
- Seanad: Adjournment Matters: Heritage Sites (18 Nov 2014)
Paul Coghlan: I am grateful to the Minister for Arts, Heritage and the Gaeltacht for coming to the House to take this Adjournment Matter regarding Killarney House and gardens, to outline her plans for both and to say when they will open, how they will be managed and staffed and what they will showcase. I was hugely impressed when I visited them with the Minister, following her recent visit to Muckross...
- Seanad: Adjournment Matters: Heritage Sites (18 Nov 2014)
Paul Coghlan: I look forward to the Minister opening the house and gardens as soon as possible. I was delighted to note that there is Kerry marble on display among the paving and stonework to which the Minister referred. There was no reference in the reply to the beautiful antique furniture owned by former occupants of the house being displayed in particular rooms, although I understand that is what is...
- Seanad: Adjournment Matters: Heritage Sites (18 Nov 2014)
Paul Coghlan: They do not have to be named after them.
- Seanad: Adjournment Matters: Heritage Sites (18 Nov 2014)
Paul Coghlan: Memorabilia.
- Seanad: Adjournment Matters: Heritage Sites (18 Nov 2014)
Paul Coghlan: The Department should make play of the golden gates at the magnificent entrance.